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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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